Sums it all up really...

[EternalOptimist]

I remember the 60's


church
parades on a sunday
not many single mums
no shopping on Sunday
mini skirts
the rag and bone man
no supermarkets
the beatles
piles of horse poo in the streets
milk floats
double diamond
reel to reel tapes
television

[escapeUK]

A consequence of "make lurve not war" from the 60's?

I was thinking more uncontrolled immigration and the state paying kids to have kids.

[Robinho]

It was a vanity project at the end of the day. I think we're doing just fine.

[Troll]

Exactly why things are crap now days.

A consequence of "make lurve not war" from the 60's?

[escapeUK]

There were 3.8 billion less people on the planet in the 60's

Exactly why things are crap now days.

[Doggy Styles]

Yes, no-one can argue we have moved on, especially in the fields of medicine and technology.

But I think what they are getting at is the balance between the feelings of well-being and hope, and those of not so well-being and diminishing hope. As a general average.

[Troll]

There were 3.8 billion less people on the planet in the 60's

[BrilloPad]

In some ways we have not moved on. But in others we have.

Medicine has moved on alot. DNA assists paternity tests and murder cases. Its nice to be able to watch films at home on DVD - and record what you want off the telly. TV on demand. Far wider range of food available.

My ex-wife would probably have not got a kidney transplant back then. Oh yeah - actually the sixties were much better....

[Doggy Styles]

Great comment in the Telegraph re. Neil Armstrong's passing:

"We can look back and see that July 20th, 1969 was the exact date our civilisation peaked. All the iPhones in the world don't really compare to what was achieved that day. "

That's very interesting Malc, because I've met a few people over the years who opine that the sixties in general were when we peaked in the developed world.

They mention lots of things, such as when the the sexual revolution took off, the unleashing of boundaries in pop music (culminating in Woodstock), the expansion of TV before it became 90% schedule-filling dross, standard of living and job security, foreign holidays became common, and, in the UK anyway, Grammar schools were in their pomp.

If true I suppose the first moon landing could be considered the cherry on the cake, before it all gently moved downhill again.

[Malcolm Buggeridge]

Great comment in the Telegraph re. Neil Armstrong's passing:

We can look back and see that July 20th, 1969 was the exact date our civilisation peaked. All the iPhones in the world don't really compare to what was achieved that day.